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Beech wood smoke on a food label: allergens, diets and other names

Beech wood smoke is a kind of smoke. It is not one of the allergens that labels must declare. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 2,758 products, most often in processed meat.

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Does beech wood smoke contain an allergen?

Beech wood smoke is not one of the allergens that food labels must declare in the US, the UK, Europe or the Gulf. Open Food Facts does not link it to an allergen, and Bravoora’s label checker does not read the name as one.

Is beech wood smoke vegan?

Yes. Beech wood smoke is vegan and vegetarian: Open Food Facts records nothing from an animal in it.

VeganFits youNothing from an animal, by the Open Food Facts record.
VegetarianFits youNothing from an animal, by the Open Food Facts record.

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What other names does beech wood smoke have on a label?

In English beech wood smoke can also read “beechwood smoke”. On European labels it is “fumée de bois de hêtre” in French, “Buchenholzrauch” in German and “Madera de haya ahumada” in Spanish. The other 8 languages are listed below.

In Englishbeechwood smoke
French
fumée de bois de hêtre, fumée naturelle au bois de hêtre
German
Buchenholzrauch, Buchenrauch
Spanish
Madera de haya ahumada
Italian
fumo di faggio
Polish
dym z drewna bukowego
Swedish
bokträrök
Finnish
pyökkipuusavu, pyökistä valmistettu savuaromi
Czech
kouř z bukového dřeva
Hungarian
bükkfán füstölt, bükkfa füst
Romanian
fum din lemn de fag
Croatian
dim bukovine, dim drva bukve

Which foods contain beech wood smoke?

Open Food Facts lists beech wood smoke in the ingredients of 2,758 products, most often processed meat, oily fish and ready meals. Most of them are sold in Germany, France and Belgium.

  • Processed meat1,439
  • Oily fish195
  • Ready meals129
  • Pizzas, pies and quiches97
  • Meat95
  • Beans and pulses77

Products with it, by country of sale: Germany 2,124 · France 613 · Belgium 106 · Austria 72.

Counted on 13 October 2026 from the Open Food Facts product database, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where beech wood smoke turns up, not how much of the market it is.

What kind of ingredient is beech wood smoke?

Beech wood smoke is a kind of smoke.

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An allergen is stated only when two of three checks agree: the Open Food Facts record, Bravoora’s label checker, and the ingredient’s own name or family (oat flour is oats, a cheese is milk). Every name where they disagree waits for a person to review it.

  1. Open Food Facts: Beech wood smoke
  2. Open Food Facts: ingredients taxonomy (names, family tree, allergen and vegan flags), ODbL
  3. Open Food Facts: product database, 4,535,553 products, read 13 October 2026, ODbL

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